Des Plaines hotelier wins award

Des Plaines 5th Ward resident John Trivedi has been dubbed the winner of the 2011 Family Hotelier of the Year Award given out by the Asian American Hotel Owners Association, and sponsored by Procter & Gamble Professional.

The award recognizes association members who contribute to their communities and have the highest levels of skill, determination, and sacrifice to successfully run family hotel businesses. Trivedi won a three-day, two-night trip for four to the 2011 Asian American Hotel Owners Association annual convention, June 15-18 in Las Vegas, where he received his grand prize of $5,000.

He was recognized during this week’s Des Plaines city council meeting and received a plaque. The Asian American Hotel Owners Association has 10,000 members and to be selected as a national winner is remarkable, 5th Ward Alderman Jim Brookman said.

Trivedi owns four Chicago/O’Hare International Airport area hotels.